3D Data Analysis for Weather Forecast

We are currently obtaining VIS5D files from the University of Wisconsin.
- Download twice a day, saved on NPAC’s 8 processor SGI (>20MB/file, 4 files per download).
- VIS5D files are read in Java “native” language.
- Files are then passed into filters which construct the data in a format which can be viewed in Open Inventor.
We have support for the following filters:
- Colored 2d Surfaces
- Isosurfaces.
- Vector Graphics.
- Volumetric rendering.
Animations are possible since the data holds multiple time slices.